John F. Kennedy carried Illinois D+0.2.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Illinois, 1960. The state ran 0.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+0.2 nationally).

Nominees: John F. Kennedy (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) (Unpledged)

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Illinois result

4,757,409 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

2,377,846

50.0%

Nixon (R)

2,368,988

49.8%

Byrd) + others

10,575

0.2%

Margin

D+0.2

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1960 presidential election

Illinois, 1960

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

John F. Kennedy ✓Democratic	50.0%	2,377,846
Richard NixonRepublican	49.8%	2,368,988
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	10,575

D+60

R+60

102 counties, each filled by 1960 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1960

102 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−11.5%	14,827	18,674	33,529
Alexander County	D	+3.9%	4,477	4,143	8,638
Bond County	R	−20.1%	2,856	4,297	7,162
Boone County	R	−43.1%	2,605	6,552	9,162
Brown County	R	−1.1%	1,849	1,889	3,740
Bureau County	R	−23.6%	7,786	12,597	20,407
Calhoun County	R	−1.4%	1,608	1,654	3,267
Carroll County	R	−33.8%	3,097	6,282	9,418
Cass County	R	−4.2%	3,692	4,015	7,715
Champaign County	R	−23.5%	17,115	27,793	45,441
Christian County	D	+4.8%	10,207	9,263	19,485
Clark County	R	−14.8%	3,949	5,319	9,273
Clay County	R	−20.4%	3,394	5,134	8,538
Clinton County	D	+4.0%	6,188	5,709	11,903
Coles County	R	−17.0%	8,629	12,166	20,814
Cook County	D	+13.0%	1,378,343	1,059,607	2,445,269
Crawford County	R	−23.2%	4,245	6,809	11,058
Cumberland County	R	−9.9%	2,475	3,020	5,500
De Witt County	R	−16.9%	3,607	5,074	8,689
DeKalb County	R	−39.3%	6,783	15,586	22,388
Douglas County	R	−24.0%	3,532	5,761	9,299
DuPage County	R	−39.0%	44,263	101,014	145,445
Edgar County	R	−18.8%	5,024	7,348	12,376
Edwards County	R	−38.9%	1,446	3,291	4,745
Effingham County	R	−6.1%	5,676	6,410	12,092
Fayette County	R	−14.6%	4,907	6,586	11,504
Ford County	R	−36.3%	2,698	5,779	8,478
Franklin County	R	−2.1%	11,368	11,861	23,266
Fulton County	R	−8.1%	10,194	11,999	22,251
Gallatin County	D	+4.5%	2,386	2,179	4,570
Greene County	R	−7.7%	3,847	4,487	8,344
Grundy County	R	−23.8%	4,276	6,948	11,228
Hamilton County	R	−18.1%	2,639	3,804	6,454
Hancock County	R	−23.8%	4,947	8,036	12,990
Hardin County	R	−14.0%	1,465	1,944	3,413
Henderson County	R	−20.5%	1,697	2,572	4,273
Henry County	R	−15.9%	10,372	14,297	24,690
Iroquois County	R	−32.3%	5,821	11,376	17,213
Jackson County	R	−10.7%	8,527	10,568	19,112
Jasper County	R	−5.7%	3,027	3,393	6,421
Jefferson County	R	−11.7%	7,784	9,841	17,625
Jersey County	R	−1.9%	4,087	4,247	8,343
Jo Daviess County	R	−17.5%	4,293	6,111	10,417
Johnson County	R	−32.5%	1,413	2,778	4,197
Kane County	R	−27.8%	31,279	55,389	86,761
Kankakee County	R	−8.5%	17,115	20,311	37,452
Kendall County	R	−45.4%	2,242	5,975	8,228
Knox County	R	−20.3%	11,889	17,938	29,850
Lake County	R	−18.2%	46,941	67,809	114,899
LaSalle County	R	−0.0%	27,532	27,552	55,125
Lawrence County	R	−25.0%	3,667	6,120	9,800
Lee County	R	−29.5%	5,896	10,835	16,739
Livingston County	R	−32.8%	6,642	13,139	19,783
Logan County	R	−24.5%	5,691	9,383	15,090
Macon County	R	−2.1%	26,029	27,151	53,288
Macoupin County	D	+5.6%	13,120	11,731	24,896
Madison County	D	+12.1%	54,787	42,984	97,904
Marion County	R	−9.9%	9,116	11,121	20,250
Marshall County	R	−16.4%	2,981	4,150	7,138
Mason County	R	−6.3%	3,824	4,337	8,180
Massac County	R	−26.2%	2,644	4,521	7,171
McDonough County	R	−34.9%	4,520	9,363	13,893
McHenry County	R	−34.1%	12,659	25,787	38,508
McLean County	R	−27.8%	13,971	24,758	38,761
Menard County	R	−20.3%	2,068	3,120	5,193
Mercer County	R	−23.2%	3,476	5,582	9,061
Monroe County	R	−16.4%	3,398	4,731	8,133
Montgomery County	R	−2.0%	8,815	9,178	18,007
Morgan County	R	−14.8%	7,259	9,791	17,062
Moultrie County	R	−9.9%	3,079	3,752	6,831
Ogle County	R	−46.8%	4,792	13,226	18,025
Peoria County	R	−7.6%	39,061	45,529	84,676
Perry County	R	−15.0%	4,958	6,708	11,672
Piatt County	R	−21.9%	2,889	4,506	7,399
Pike County	R	−4.4%	5,461	5,965	11,436
Pope County	R	−26.9%	971	1,689	2,665
Pulaski County	R	−6.0%	2,322	2,621	4,961
Putnam County	R	−11.3%	1,160	1,457	2,619
Randolph County	R	−4.2%	7,344	7,988	15,347
Richland County	R	−27.7%	3,015	5,329	8,353
Rock Island County	D	+1.9%	33,812	32,534	66,454
Saline County	R	−12.8%	6,835	8,853	15,707
Sangamon County	R	−7.4%	35,793	41,483	77,335
Schuyler County	R	−18.0%	2,115	3,047	5,164
Scott County	R	−19.0%	1,543	2,267	3,814
Shelby County	R	−9.1%	5,720	6,872	12,603
St. Clair County	D	+23.1%	67,367	42,046	109,751
Stark County	R	−35.7%	1,383	2,925	4,314
Stephenson County	R	−26.4%	8,055	13,872	21,995
Tazewell County	R	−7.7%	20,521	23,967	44,526
Union County	R	−1.3%	4,321	4,432	8,763
Vermilion County	R	−14.8%	19,702	26,571	46,342
Wabash County	R	−17.1%	3,013	4,261	7,278
Warren County	R	−30.6%	3,835	7,221	11,066
Washington County	R	−24.0%	3,093	5,053	8,157
Wayne County	R	−25.4%	3,954	6,652	10,615
White County	R	−10.0%	4,756	5,810	10,577
Whiteside County	R	−31.3%	9,112	17,434	26,592
Will County	R	−1.8%	41,056	42,575	83,712
Williamson County	R	−9.6%	11,335	13,732	25,096
Winnebago County	R	−10.5%	40,090	49,541	89,741
Woodford County	R	−29.6%	4,401	8,101	12,509